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ROWENA TEENA TOT 

AND THE RUNAWAY TURKEY 



CHICAGO 

1936 
























COPYRIGHT, 1936 BY ALBERT WHITMAN & COMPANY 


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R OWENA, Teena, and Tot were three little 
colored girls who lived in Indiana. One 
winter they went on a big train to visit 
their grandparents who lived in a little coun¬ 
try town in the South. 

Grandmammy and Grandpappy Green did 
not talk as their grandchildren did. Instead, 
they talked like all of the older colored people 
in the South. 


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When Thanksgiving time came Grand- 
mammy decided to have turkey for dinner. 
Rowena, Teena, and Tot wanted to invite 
Rastus, a little colored boy, who lived nearby. 

Rowena said very politely, “Grandmammy, 
may we please invite Rastus for Thanksgiving 
dinner?” 

But Grandmammy who was usually so jolly 
and kind replied very crossly. “No, indeedy, 
yo’ can’t ask dat boy to ma’ house.” 



















































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"May we please invite Rastus for Thanksgiving dinner?” 










































One day last summer Rastus had been 
very careless. He let his pet black goat get 
into Grandmammy’s trim vegetable garden. 
The pet black goat ate all of her fine, crisp, 
green lettuce. The pet black goat ate all of 
her fine, fat, red cabbage. This made Grand- 
mammy very angry and she could not forget 
about it. 

Again and again, Rowena, Teena, and Tot 
begged Grandmammy to forgive Rastus be¬ 
cause they knew he was sorry. But Grand¬ 
mammy would not do so! It made the three 
little girls very sad because Grandmammy 
would not change her mind. 








It made the three little girls very sad. 







































Grandmammy kept the Thanksgiving tur¬ 
key in a big pen in her backyard. He was a 
fat brown gobbler. Every day when the 
three little girls fed him, Rowena would say, 
“T u rkey-tu rkey-tu rkey.” 

And Teena would say, “We want Rastus to 
help us.” 

And Tot would shout, “Eat-You-Up.” 

Then the fat brown turkey would spread 
his big wings and answer, “Gobble, gobble, 
gobble. Gobble, gobble, gobble,” which 
meant, “I hope that Nobody will eat me Up.” 

One morning, just before Thanksgiving, 
Rowena ran into the kitchen. She said quick¬ 
ly, “Grandmammy, the door to the turkey’s 
pen won’t stay fastened. I had to put a little 
stick inside the latch to hold it.” 


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Rowena tan into the kitchen. 



























































“Thank yo’, Rowena chile,” answered 
Grandmammy kindly.Then she said,“Grand- 
pappy Green, you’d bettah fix dat latch right 
now else dat tu’key might git loose and run 
away.” 

Perhaps it was because Grandpappy was 
so old. But he soon forgot. Perhaps he in¬ 
tended to fix the broken latch right away. 
But when he hobbled into the backyard, 
Grandpappy did not go near the turkey pen! 

That night when the children went to bed a 
strong wind began to blow. It rattled the win¬ 
dows, “Glitter, clatter.” It shook the doors, 
“Bing, bang.” It whistled down the chimney, 
“Woo, woo.” It made the three little girls 
snuggle down in their big warm bed. 



















That night a strong wind began to blow. 






















































































Rowena pulled the covers up to her little 
brown chin. 

Teena pulled the covers up to her big 
black eyes. 

But Tot pulled the covers over her little 
round head and all you could see was one 
black pigtail. 

In the morning, after the storm,the ground 
was covered lightly with snow. 

Grandmammy and Grandpappy Green 
were astonished to see snow in the South 
in November. 

Grandmammy said, “Reckin we can’t let 
dat tu’key stay out dar in dat col’ snow all 
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Rowena went outside with Grandmammy 
to help get the fat brown turkey. It was so 
cold, they shivered aid shivered. But when 
they got to the pen, they saw that the door 
was open! They saw that the pen was empty 
and their Thanksgiving turkey was gone! 

Then Grandmammy hurried inside the 
house. She scolded and scolded poor old 
Grandpappy because he had not fixed the 
latch. She said crossly, “Didn’t I tole yo’ to 
fix dat latch, Grandpappy Green?” 

And Grandpappy said in his slow, kind way, 
“Now dar, honey, jes’ hush. Yo’ bettah fix 
dese chillun nice and wahm and den we’ll go 
out dar and fetch him home.” 










































































































Then Grandmammy stopped scolding. She 
laughed and did as she was told. She pulled 
Grandpappy’s warm hunting socks over the 
children’s shoes. They got their own woolen 
mittens and Grandmammy gave them each 
a bright colored woolen shawl which she 
called a “fascinator” to wrap around their 
heads and shoulders. 

Grandpappy and the children soon found 
the gobbler’s four-pointed footprints in the 
snow near the turkey’s pen. 

Rowena pointed with her mittened hand 
and said, “Here are some tracks.” 

Then Teena pointed straight ahead and 
said, “There are some more tracks.” 










































And for a longtime they followed the zig¬ 
zag tracks across the snowy field. But they 
just could not find their fat brown turkey. 
Finally the snow got so thin they could not 
see where the turkey had gone. 

By this time Grandpappy was so tired he 
had to lean against a big tree to rest. And 
Tot was so tired she had to lean against 
Grandpappy. At last even Rowena and Teena 
were so tired they sat down on some tree 
stumps to rest, too. 

Rowena and Teena said sadly, “What will 
Grandmammy say when we come home with¬ 
out the turkey?” 

But Grandpappy said, “What will Grand¬ 
mammy do?” 


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"What will Grandmammy say?” 









Tot leaned her tired head way back against 
Grandpappy. She looked up at the big tree. 
Suddenly her mouth opened wide with sur¬ 
prise. Suddenly her big, black eyes began 
to dance. 

“Look!” she cried, pointing up into the big 
tree. 

Then they all looked upward. 

The three little girls all shouted together, 
“Grandpappy, there’s the turkey!” 

But poor old Grandpappy did not seem 
to share their joy. 

“What is the matter?” asked Rowena, 
Teena, and Tot, who were so glad to have 
found their runaway turkey. 








"There’s the turkey!” 































But Grandpappy only shook his head and 
complained, “Dat turkey done flew too high 
fer us. Who gwin-ne climb dat tall tree and 
fetch him down?” 

But Rowena knew what to do. She said, 
“Rastus can climb any tree. He will get the 
turkey for us.” 

Grandpappy and Tot watched the sleeping 
turkey while Rowena and Teena went to bring 
Rastus. Tot was afraid he might try to fly 
away again, but Grandpappy said, “Oh, no, 
dat ole gobbler is mos’ too tired fo’ dat.” 

Soon Rowena and Teena came back with 
Rastus who was all bundled up for the un¬ 
usual winter weather. 


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Soon Rowena and Teena came back with Rastus. 





When Grandpappy saw them coming he 
called out anxiously, “Boy, is dat tree too 
tall fo’ yo’ to climb?” 

Rastus looked up at the big tree and smiled. 
“Oh, no, I can climb that tree all right, Mr. 
Green,” he boasted. 

Just then the sleeping turkey awoke. And 
much to their surprise, before Rastus could 
even try to climb the tree, he flew off the 
branch, and started to run away again! 

They all began to run after the runaway 
turkey. 

“Stop, stop, stop,” they shouted all to¬ 
gether. 

“Gobble, gobble, gobble,” fussed the fat, 
brown turkey, and he kept on running. 



















At last Grandpappy was so tired he had to 
stop to rest again. And then Tot stumbled 
and fell flat in the field. So only Rowena and 
Teena were left to run with Rastus after the 
runaway turkey. Then Teena fell down and 
Rowena fell too, so only Rastus was left to 
run after the excited turkey. 

But poor tired Rastus would not give up. 
He kept on running and running. 

At last even the turkey grew weary and 
began to run slowly and more slowly. 

Then Rastus made his tired legs run still 
faster, and suddenly he gave a big shout 
and caught the turkey. 

Rowena, Teena, and Tot ran to help Ras¬ 
tus carry the struggling gobbler. Grand¬ 
pappy, who was rested by now, came along 
to help them, too. He took some stout string 
from one of his pockets and tied the turkey’s 
feet together so he could not run away again. 







Suddenly Rastus caught the turkey. 



















Then Grandpappy put the turkey over his 
shoulder and carried him home and all of 
the children ran ahead to tell Grandmammy 
the good news. 

When Grandmammy heard them coming 
home she opened the door and looked out. 
When she saw the Thanksgiving turkey on 
Grandpappy’s shoulder she was so glad she 
even forgot to look cross at Rastus when he 
came in the house. But when Grandpappy 
and the children told her how Rastus cap¬ 
tured the runaway turkey, Grandmammy 
forgave him at once. She said, “Boy, what is 
yo’ fav-o-rite pa’t of de tu’key?” 


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And Rastus, who was so glad to be for¬ 
given, answered quickly, “I like the drumstick 
the best, Mrs. Green.” 

So the next day when Grandmammy and 
Grandpappy Green and the three little girls 
sat down to their good Thanksgiving dinner 
Rastus was there. 

Because Rastus was there Rowena and 
Teena beamed with delight. But Tot clapped 
her little brown hands. Then she pointed to 
the big roasted turkey which Grandpappy was 
just going to carve and said, “Turkey-Tur- 
key-turkey, I’m glad you ran away because 
now Rastus can help us Eat You Up!” 

































































































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